SOUTH MOUNTAIN RESERVATION HISTORY AT ETHICAL CULTURE TODAY

Dave Hogenauer, "The Origins of South Mountain Reservation"

Dave Hogenauer will cover these questions and more: Who owned the land prior to it becoming a park? Where did the idea of the park come from? How did plans change regarding the boundaries of the park? What happened to the rock at Washington Rock? Did Asher Durand paint in the Reservation? Did the Olmsteads plan the park?

Dave Hogenauer has been leading historical tours of the park since 2008, doing research at the park archives as well as the Millburn-Short Hills Historical Society and elsewhere. He is in the process of writing a book about the park at this time. He was a teacher of history and social studies at Columbia High School for 32 years, retiring in 1996. He most recently wrote a history of Prospect Presbyterian Church in Maplewood for its Centennial celebration. 

He currently is very active in volunteering for the South Mountain Conservancy in leading hikes, maintaining trails, and clearing trees that fall across those routes. 

In addition he leads hikes throughout northern New Jersey and southern N.Y. and volunteers with the Appalachian Mountain Club as a naturalist and information desk person in the White Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire. 

11 A.M. Ethical Culture Scoiety, 516 Prospect St.